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Her family reported that she had bruising on her legs shortly before she went into hospital but a post-mortem report read out at the inquest didn't make reference to those injuries.

Dr Phillip de Warren-Penny, who was treating Mrs Phillips at Cedars, said that she was taking medication to help her mental health condition which slightly increased the chances of suffering a pulmonary thromboembolism from 231 cases per 10,000 to 237 cases.

He added that there was nothing else to indicate that she was more likely to be suffering from the illness.

Staff nurse Linda Wilby told the inquest that just after 12pm on July 17 her colleague Ron Ashton ran to the office to say that Mrs Phillips had collapsed.

"We found her on the floor by the bed fully clothed," she said. "I tried to resuscitate her despite seeing from her face that I believed she was dead.

"We attempted CPR and continued chest compressions until the paramedics arrived an took over.